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The construction and equipment machinery rental market in Italy is growing, partly due to the “Expo effect”, according to Marco Prosperi, director of Assodimi-Assonolo, the national association of industrial machinery distributors.

Estimates for the end of 2015 suggest a slight upturn on the 2014 Italian rental market (+0.7%), with Prosperi’s views coming from an interview with PR team from SaMoTer, the triennial international event dedicated to the construction industry next taking place at Veronafiere

New figures from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association show cement sales up 8.71% to 24.8 million tonnes in the period July 2015 to February 2016, compared to the same period of 2014-15. Domestic sales rose 17.4% to 20.9 million tonnes, but exports dipped 22.5% to 3.8 million tonnes. Industry analysts say cement demand was strong in January and February 2016 despite the winter, and is expected to grow further from this month onwards. In February 2016, sales were up 25.06% with domestic sales at

Tanzania’s government and Tanga Cement Co (TCCL) are in discussion over the usage of the Tanga-Moshi railway line. TCCL is keen to use the railway line to transport goods to Arusha, and the company has previously stated it will use rail for transporting 35,000tonnes of cement, thus minimising damage on the local road network.

Cemex is providing 18,000m³ of ready-mixed concrete, out of an overall 24,000m³, for the new Draguignan jail in southeastern France.

Vinci Construction France is currently constructing the new facility, and the concretes elaborated by Cemex are said to comply to the requests of the Archi 5 Prod architecture cabinet. The jail includes three living quarters and two additional buildings.

The Italian competition authority has decided not to launch an investigation into the acquisition of a business unit of Sacci, the Italian cement company, by peer company Cementir Italia. As a result, the operation can now go ahead. Sacci's plan was due to be submitted to the creditors' scrutiny at a court hearing being held today (14 March 2016).

Egyptian company Orascom Construction has won two contracts in Algeria worth a combined value of US$180 million. It is reported that the main contract deals with civil engineering works on the Laghouat cement plant, a project which FLSmidth will manage. Orascom Construction will be the subcontractor of the globally-renowned Danish group. The Orascom share in this project is said to be close to $140 million.

Sandvik Mining and Schenck Process have signed a global partnership to provide increased screen processing and cone crusher capacity.

“The partnership provides increased crushing circuit productivity for Schenck Process double and single deck high capacity multi-slope screens and Sandvik high productivity cone crushers," Sandvik, says.

"It also enables a single service provider approach to support customers throughout the entire plant life cycle.”

The new co-operation between the two companies bri

Italian testing equipment company Controls has moved its headquarters after 30 years at its historic base at Cernusco sul Naviglio, Milan, which can no longer meet the growing productive needs of the company. The company, which has seven branches and more than 4,000 products for the construction industry in three business areas, has a new plant in Liscate, a small town in a logistically strategic position, just 17km from the centre of Milan and at the intersection of two major new motorway networks. Among i